Beef Steak Fajitas

A restaurant favorite that is easy at home. Start with some sirloin, marinade in ingredients you probably already have at home, fry up some veggies and the meat. Then impress your family with your new specialty of the house. Most recipes call for marinading the whole piece of beef, but I wanted more flavor, so I cut the meat thin and exposed more surface area to the flavors. It worked great.

I love fajitas, but I tend not to order them since there is always more than I would eat. But at home, a few leftovers are great.

Notes: My marinade was mainly from Real Restaurant Recipes but there are many recipes, and they are quite variable so feel free to change it around some, but you won’t go wrong just following my lead.

Start with about a pound of sirloin steak. I had 1 1/4 pounds. Trim well and cut into strips about 1/4 inch thick.

Mix marinade ingredients in a 1-gallon zip lock bag.

Add the beef, mix well and seal after removing as much air as possible. Refrigerate for a least an hour and longer if possible. I got 5 hours, but overnight would have been fine.

When ready to cook. Put 1 T oil in a large cast iron pan and heat over medium-high heat. While heating, slice up a large onion and one or two peppers. I like a medium red and green pepper. If your pepper is large, you only need one.

When oil is hot, add the veggies and after a few minutes add a couple of tablespoons of the marinade from the meat for flavor (optional). When onions are nicely browned (about 8-9 minutes), Remove from pan and set aside and cover.

Add a little oil back to the pan, increase the heat to high and added the drained beef and cook until browned. About 8-10 minutes.

Now move the meat to one side and add the veggies back to the pan. Cook and stir for a minute or two until veggies are reheated.

Serve with heated tortillas, sour cream, guacamole and anything else you like. A simple way to heat tortillas is to sprinkle a dish towel with some water, put tortillas inside and heat in a microwave on high for one minute.

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A restaurant favorite that is easy at home. Start with some sirloin, marinade in ingredients you probably already have at home, fry up some veggies and the meat. Then impress your family with your new specialty of the house.

CourseMain Course

CuisineMexican

Servings

Prep Time

4

10minutes

Cook Time

20minutes

Servings

Prep Time

4

10minutes

Cook Time

20minutes

Beef Steak Fajitas

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A restaurant favorite that is easy at home. Start with some sirloin, marinade in ingredients you probably already have at home, fry up some veggies and the meat. Then impress your family with your new specialty of the house.

CourseMain Course

CuisineMexican

Servings

Prep Time

4

10minutes

Cook Time

20minutes

Servings

Prep Time

4

10minutes

Cook Time

20minutes

Ingredients

1lbsirloin steak

1green pepper

1red pepper

1onionlarge

Marinade

1/4cuplime juice

1/3cupwater

2tablespoonsolive oil

1 - 2clovesgarliccrushed

1tablespoonvinegar

2teaspoonssoy sauce

1/2teaspoonliquid smoke

1teaspoonkosher salt

1/2teaspoonchili powder

1/2teaspooncayenne pepper

1/4teaspoonblack pepper

1/4teaspoononion powder

Serving

4-6flour tortillas

sour cream

cheese

salsa

Guacamole

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Units:

Instructions

Start with about a pound of sirloin steak. I had 1 1/4 pounds. Trim well and cut into strips about 1/4 inch thick.

Mix marinade ingredients in a 1-gallon zip lock bag.

Add the beef, mix well and seal after removing as much air as possible. Refrigerate for a least an hour and longer if possible. I got 5 hours, but overnight would have been fine

When ready to cook. Put 1 T oil in a large cast iron pan and heat over medium-high heat. While heating, slice up a large onion and one or two peppers. I like a medium red and green pepper. If your pepper is large, you only need one.5

When oil is hot, add the veggies and after a few minutes add a couple of tablespoons of the marinade from the meat for flavor (optional). When onions are nicely browned (about 8-9 minutes), Remove from pan and set aside and cover.

Add a little oil back to the pan, increase the heat to high and added the drained beef and cook until browned. About 8-10 minutes.

Now move the meat to one side and add the veggies back to the pan. Cook and stir for a minute or two until veggies are reheated.

Serve with heated tortillas, sour cream, guacamole and anything else you like. A simple way to heat tortillas is to sprinkle a dish towel with some water, put tortillas inside and heat in a microwave on high for one minute.

Recipe Notes

Nutrition includes beef and veggies but not serving options.

Last Updated July 7, 2016

Nutrition Facts

Beef Steak Fajitas

Amount Per Serving

Calories 312Calories from Fat 180

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 20g31%

Saturated Fat 6g30%

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 5g

Cholesterol 81mg27%

Sodium 655mg27%

Potassium 178mg5%

Total Carbohydrates 8g3%

Dietary Fiber 2g8%

Sugars 4g

Protein 24g48%

Vitamin A26%

Vitamin C139%

Calcium2%

Iron12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

All nutritional information are estimates and can vary from your actual results. This is home cooking and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

I absolutely LOVE steak fajitas! I marinate my steak whole only because I am grilling it. If I do it on a cast iron, I’ll give your technique a try, it would definite cut the time needed for marinating.

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